Arnold R. Isaacs / TomDispatchApr 17, 2019
Reading about America a century ago offers an eerie sense of decades melting away and past and present blurring together. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
Harvey Wasserman / TruthdigNov 8, 2017
Campaigns in New Jersey and Virginia that used immigration and other issues to promote racism lost. The next big test is the race for Jeff Sessions' vacant Senate seat. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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By Juan Cole / Informed CommentMar 7, 2017
Whether or not the new travel ban stands up in the courts, it is a piece of sordid bigotry. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
By Henry A. Giroux / TruthoutNov 27, 2016
Too often during this election season, a discourse of "bad manners" has paraded as insight while working to conceal the effects of power, politics, racial injustice and other forms of oppression. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigNov 18, 2016
"We've done it based on race, we've done it based on religion We did it during World War II with [the] Japanese," Carl Higbie tells Fox News. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Mr. FishNov 16, 2016
In the interest of forcing our collective faces back to the instructive commentary offered by the deep, dark, truthful mirror, I present this cartoon as a battle cry, calling to action the hearts and minds of better men and women poised and ready to fight peaceably for a kinder and more tolerant future. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigNov 16, 2016
The Massachusetts senator has put the president-elect on notice about his transition team. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Juan Cole / Informed CommentOct 3, 2016
From the beginning, Trump’s presidential campaign platform has been based on racism, religious bigotry and other disgusting planks. Here are some turning points that led us down this path to the new American fascism. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
BLANKAug 27, 2016
French descendants of those who once displayed the words "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" in the streets are driving modestly garbed Muslim women from their innocent leisure.
French descendants of those who once displayed the words "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" in the streets are driving modestly garbed Muslim women from their innocent leisure. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 28, 2016
After polls showed that a majority of Germans fear a rise in crime if people fleeing violence are allowed into the country, Amnesty International brought some Germans face to face with refugees in an experiment psychologists say helps people bond. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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